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The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.
The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.
Approximate author period: c. 37 BC · classical
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- Horace
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- Approximate author period: c. 37 BC · classical
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Cheerfulness · anthology attribution: Horace
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